Sic Alps bet you a million dollars that they will go on a European tour. You owe them a million dollars!

It’s just like Sic Alps to go tour Europe! That’s so ravin’? Oh no no no no no no no, my friend! That’s so Sic Alps! Picture this: me and the Sic Alps guys were at a party once. The scene was kind of a BBQ, just a bunch of people hanging outside. We’re just standing there in the backyard talking, when Mike Sic Alps turns to me and says “Hey man, what do you bet I can throw this tennis ball into that bucket?” Now, get this: that bucket was way across the yard. And this was a pretty big backyard. He would have been throwing that ball at least 100 feet into a maybe foot-wide bucket. There’s no way he was going to make it. So I tell him I’ll give him a million bucks if he makes it. “Your money’s no good here,” he says to me. “I get it, I pour these beers on your head.” A deal is made.

Lo and behold, the man makes the shot. He pours the beers on my head. The rest is history. I lose contact with those Sic Alps fellows. Wish I could say that it wasn’t because I’m still steamed about that shot, but I think I might be. Still, I’m glad they’re out there doing well, putting out records like this year’s Napa Asylum (TMT Review) on Drag City. They’re good guys, no matter how you cut it. And, yeah, they’re going on a European tour, starting right about now. If I were you and you live in Europe, meaning that in this situation I, too, live in Europe, I’d go see Sic Alps. Just don’t make any fishy bets.